Alden's Grandmother's Cornbread

"Source: Emeril Lagasse (www.foodtv.com)"
 
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Ready In:
1hr
Ingredients:
9
Serves:
6
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
  • Place the bacon grease in a 10-inch black cast iron skillet and swirl to coat the sides and bottom evenly.
  • Place skillet in the oven to heat.
  • In a bowl, combine the cornmeal, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and pepper and mix well.
  • In a small bowl, combine the buttermilk, egg, and melted butter.
  • Add to dry ingredients and stir just to combine.
  • Remove the hot skillet from the oven, carefully swirl to evenly distribute hot grease, and quickly pour the cornmeal batter into the skillet.
  • Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until firm and golden brown on top.
  • Let sit for 5 minutes, then turn out onto a cutting board.
  • Cut into wedges and serve hot with butter on the side.

Questions & Replies

  1. How can you make this cornbread work at 7000 feet altitude
     
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Reviews

  1. Thank heavens!!! A cornbread recipe without sugar! My mother grew up in San Antonio and our cornbread was NEVER SWEET! I can't stand sweet cornbread! I will definitly try this. Mother always served cornbread with a good pot of homemade chili made with pinto beans. She always made it with beef, but when she became a health foodie, she made it with ground turkey!
     
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